Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 42.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 2003–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) recorded 42.4% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 42.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29.7%, in 2004.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 161st out of 213 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 31.0% | — |
| 2004 | 29.7% | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 30.7% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 31.6% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 29.9% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 33.8% | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 35.9% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 38.1% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 40.8% | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 39.3% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 41.4% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 39.9% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 38.5% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 36.5% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 35.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 36.0% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 38.7% | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 41.3% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 41.2% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 41.8% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 42.4% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.8% | 29.7% | 35.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 38.5% | 35.8% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 41.2% | 42.4% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 42.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7% in 2004.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 161st out of 213 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release